The Trail Blazers were surprised to learn of Rudy Fernandez's displeasure of their Hedo Turkoglu pursuit.

"I just spoke with Rudy two days ago, to see how he was doing, and he said he was doing fine and that he was happy,'' Nate McMillan said. "I talked to him about our moves, and how we did in the draft, and why we did what we did in the draft and he was fine with it. We talked about Sergio (Rodriguez) and he was OK with everything we've done.''

Kevin Pritchard said he "had a good conversation" with Fernandez on Monday.

"We joked around,'' Pritchard said. "And we had a fantastic exit interview. He talked about how excited he was to come back.''

Pritchard said he has not spoken with Fernandez since the ESPN report came out Wednesday afternoon, but he did leave a message for Fernandez to call him.

"The thing with Nate and I is we respect players - we both played - and we are always willing to talk,'' Pritchard said. "So if there really is an issue, we want him to know that we are open to talk about it.''

Via Oregonian

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